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I just wanted to share a thought with my readers on this Thanksgiving morning. A few years ago a friend from North Carolina shared an analogy with me. I think it may have been in article comments somewhere, or it may have been via an email. Perhaps he has shared this analogy with others. I … Continue reading Do You Want Her Body or Her Soul?
In the lead up to the current Israeli assault on Gaza I saw a short clip of John Hagee at his "A Night to Honor Israel" rally held on October 22. The wacky, blubberous, false teacher urged a preemptive American attack upon Iran, spoke falsely about God's covenants, and declared that "What you do to … Continue reading Loose our blessing?
Well, I obviously did not post anything here at GKS last month. I took a sixty day vacation from blogging to consider what (if any) purpose this blog still has. In just over five years I have made 146 posts here at GKS. That is a lot of words. Persistence is a virtue, if done … Continue reading Accepting God’s Will as a Blogger
This July I walked through the book aisle at my local Walmart, the only one in my rural county. I saw one book about the 1619 Project, four detailing Juneteenth, and two teaching little Black children to love their blackness. How many books in that aisle were biographies of America's early White leaders, lauding Southern … Continue reading Churches, Kinism, and the Great Replacement Theory
Well my readers, I have done it. I have indie published a sequel to my earlier work TTOOP on the two year anniversary of its release. Into The Twilight is a small book consisting of seven essays and is 58 pages in length. It will only be available in paperback. Into The Twilight is in … Continue reading Book Release: *Into The Twilight* now available!
On the 3rd of last month a Louisville native released a book titled My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American Song. The author is one Emily Bingham, a PH.D and heir of the famed journalism family that long owned the Courier-Journal newspaper. She has previously written three books, a … Continue reading Analyzing Foster’s song *My Old Kentucky Home*
I stood in the circa 1800 church, my hand resting on a 220 year old hand hewn log beam. This church, the Old Mud Meeting House in Mercer county, was established by Dutch Reformed settlers which included my Banta kin. I wondered if some of my distant relatives had held the broad axes that shaped … Continue reading Old Times Not Forgotten
Oh, southern star, how I wish you would shineAnd show me the way to get home. ---Southern Star by Alabama, 1988 Most 21st century Americans are lost. Let me tell you why, and how I found my way home. Let us talk of regional culture and reconnecting to one's roots. America is a bit different. … Continue reading Family, Place, and the Way Home
When The Twilight Of Our People? went to press in July 15, 2020 the assault on our ancestor’s monuments did not end. The summer of rage was not yet over when I published that book. I wish to use this lengthy essay to chronicle the attacks on our heritage in the seventeen months since TTOOP … Continue reading Looking Back
A natural society is not based on ideology. America in the 21st century is not a natural society, is not a natural or healthy state of affairs for man to live in. In a natural society, family and sense of place mean more than abstract economic theories. A natural society is based on blood, soil, … Continue reading Crippled by Ideology
God, Kin, and Soil 